(Make sure to leave a comment about every single action you complete since comments = entries!)

And now for a quick word of random advice:

If you have brittle, peel-prone nails like mine and you end up with a very rare couple of completely kid-free hours and attempt to get a spur-of-the-moment manicure at a place you wouldn’t normally go but decide is good enough because you’d rather not drive across town…

It’s probably a bad idea.

You will discover this when, instead of buffing your nails and pushing your cuticles back with an orange stick, your manicurist proceeds to take care of both issues by buzzing your already flimsy and easily breakable nails down to the nubs with a rotary grinder.

You will probably also end up with these babies in an attempt to spare your blog-readers the sight of your cracked, almost bleeding, incredibly unsightly nails:

You will be unable to open soda cans or zip-lock baggies or type anything without a plethora of misspelled words and amusingly unintentional inappropriate text messages.

You will become paranoid that you’re going to embarrass yourself every time you type anything and wonder whether you should, perhaps, stop blogging altogether because of your Big Southern nails.

You will then proceed to blog about the entire incident, thus drawing lots of attention to the nails no one would have ever known about if you’d kept your Big Southern nails off the keyboard mouth shut.

But, when all is said and done, you will have fingers that work, nails that no one but you gives a rip about, and a really fun project to have ruined them while creating:

I have a feeling you all would have been much savvier than I to begin with about this whole nail situation (starting when you saw your manicurist coming at you with the grinder!), but if not, I hope you consider yourself better educated now.

I do what I can.

And now, enough of my silliness so that I can talk about your awesomeness!

Let’s start with food, shall we? It just so happens to be one of my favorite things, so I think it’s a good place to start.

And speaking of pairs, both My Serendipity Home and The Crafted Sparrow linked up “Eat” letters, and they’re so great, I could eat them both up (I couldn’t take a pass on that one, folks…it was too good).

If you’ve been featured, feel free to grab a button from the sidebar to let others know that you rock (although..they probably already know).

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And now it’s your turn to wow me again (I really like being wowed).

Same “rules” as always:

1. Link to your specific post URL instead of your blog URL (no limit on the number of linkies, so add as many as you like!)

2. Grab a party button so that others can join in the fun! (Text link-backs are great too! : ))

3. Consider visiting/commenting on at least 2 of the other links. You never know what kind of inspiration you might miss out on if you don’t. Plus we all love to read words of encouragement! (I know I do!)

I just read about Shop Ruby Jean’s dishtowel skirt – what a fab idea!!! I am following her from my blog – but it doesn’t seem to be showing on her web page? Looking forward to reading more posts from her anyway.

By the way, this is Mrs. Flescher from fabulously-homemade.com I couldn’t figure out how to log in that way. Silly me, anyway I love your blog and your 30 min Goodwill Challenge was inspiring. Can’t wait to get this darn cast off so I can scope out some Re-newed outfits at GW. Keep up the good work!

congrats on your followers! Yeah how exciting! Abby I was wondering if you had any suggestions on good books. I love your blog and I am always looking for fun Christian books for women. Any suggestions? My church gals and I are needing a good read. Thanks!

Thank you for inviting me to play along. I’ll plan on being back every Friday to join in the fun. I’m a follower now and I’m also adding your link on my sidebar for Great Link Parties. Little Bit from DecorateWithaLittleBit.com

Hi Abbie! Thanks for the invite! I’m linked up and following you on FB and Twitter now!! Love the candlesticks…those are so cute! I can so relate to your nail experience…all I did was sit there and watch her destroy my nails!! I haven’t had them done in a while, because mine are usually covered with craft paint after a day or two, too!

Oh my!! It is absolutely against all kinds of health codes state wide for them to use those drills as a way to buff and such. They should be reported to state cosmetology board. Seriously. I was in the hair and nail biz for years and places like that are what we would call “chop shops”. You can get fungus issues and/or infections from the drill things they use. Ugh. I am glad you learned the lesson Abbie!! Never go back there!! ps. I am a new reader and I love, love, love your blog. You are so funny!! I can’t wait to read more! Just wanted you to know. “:)

Whoa…. what happened to your nails? They’re all stubby! Did that girl get carried away or what with her magic Dremel-like tool?! I know you will never go back there! But,,, they’ll grow out and you can baby them until they do. I know… it happened to me.( no tool though) Trust me, I will go to an English as a first language person next time I have a special occasion. LOLLove seeing the features. I missed a couple from last week. You get so many link-ups that it’s hard to view them all! Thanks for asking me to come by to join in. Sue

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Hi, I’m Abbie, and M is for Mama is an unapologetic ode to messy, maddening, miraculous motherhood. It’s also where I share my favorite non-M-related passions–like thrifting, endless furniture and knickknack rearranging, exercising, baking yummy treats, putting together ridiculously cheap outfits, hot-glue crafting, and typing out my deep (and not-so-deep) thoughts…almost always with one of my 5 children on or near me. I love Jesus, good grammar, and ho-cho (which I don’t get to drink nearly as often as I’d like in the muggy, pine tree forests of East Texas). (I also love parentheses). (Can you tell?). I hope you’ll stick around and share what you love too! Read more here.